10
3
Setting Up
Your Lawn
Tractor
NOTE:
For shipping
reasons, seats are
either fastened to
the tractor seat’s
pivot bracket with a
plastic tie, or mounted
backward to the pivot
bracket. In either case,
free the seat form its
shipping position and
remove the two hex
screws (or knobs, on
models so equipped)
from the bottom of
seat before proceed-
ing with applicable
instructions.
WARNING
Before operating this
machine, make sure
the seat is engaged in
the seat stop, stand
behind the machine
and pull back on seat
until fully engaged
into stop.
Attaching The Seat
Seat styles vary by tractor model and there are three
different styles available:
• Standard Adjustment
• Quick Adjustment
• Knob Adjustment
If the seat for your tractor did not come attached, refer
to Figure 3-4, Figure 3-5, and Figure 3-6 to identify your
tractor’s seat style and follow the applicable instructions
below to attach it.
NOTE
: For shipping reasons, seats are either fastened
to the tractor seat’s pivot bracket with a plastic tie, or
mounted backward to the pivot bracket. In either case,
free the seat from its shipping position and remove the
two hex screws (or knobs, on models so equipped) from
the bottom of seat before proceeding with applicable
instructions below.
Standard Adjustment Seat
1. Position the shoulder screws (found on the base of the
seat) inside the slot openings in the seat pivot bracket.
Figure 3-4.
2. Slide the seat slightly rearward in the seat pivot
bracket, lining up the rear slots in the pivot bracket
with the remaining two holes in the seat’s base.
3. Select desired position for the seat, and secure with
the two hex screws removed earlier. See Figure 3-4.
Do not overtighten.
Quick Adjustment Seat
NOTE
: If your seat was shipped mounted backwards on
the seat pivot bracket, pull out the tab found on the seat
stop and hold it open while sliding the seat off the seat
pivot bracket. See Figure 3-5.
1. Line up the plastic seat spacers with the slots in seat
pivot bracket.
2. Slide seat in until front seat spacer engages the seat
stop. See Figure 3-5.
WARNING: Before operating this
machine, make sure the seat is
engaged in the seat stop, stand
behind the machine and pull back
on seat until fully engaged into
stop.
Knob Adjustment Seat
1. Position the shoulder screws (found on the base of the
seat) inside the slot openings in the seat pivot bracket.
Figure 3-6.
2. Slide the seat slightly rearward in the seat pivot
bracket, lining up the rear slots in the pivot bracket
with the remaining two holes in the seat’s base.
3. Select desired position for the seat, and secure with
the two knobs removed earlier. See Figure 3-6.
Figure 3-4
Figure 3-
Figure 3-6
